30 Pieces of Tee’d Up Trivia About Famous Brands
We will never see these brands the same way again
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If you’re going to be stuck looking at brands, commercials and logos every time you turn on your television or drive down the highway or dare to take public transit, you may as well learn a couple of interesting facts that may change your perception of them. For instance: Did you know that Google’s original name was kind of creepy? Or that you can basically never run from McDonald’s? Or that Nintendo could try to sell you actual garbage and still live longer than you likely will? All that and more below!
You're never far from McDonald's
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That's a lot of Nutella
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TikTok's Monthly Users
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Netflix's hours of streaming
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Facebook deleted a lot of fake accounts
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Amazon's Planes
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Come on, guys
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Google's creepy original name
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Drink your SARS!
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CHOOSES PAIN
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Whose taco now?
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Chicken Palace is a pizza place
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IKEA's website
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There's a lot of stuff on Dropbox
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That's a lot of Coke
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A lot, a lot, a lot of people are Instagram
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Nestle's in a lot of countries
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Starbucks Rewards
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POUND. LAND.
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Gotta throw that "i" in there
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Yikes
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It's hard to have a Gaytime!
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Biggby's name was... worse
![BEANER'S GRACKED.COM It's a great name for a coffee place if you've never heard of racism. Luckily they were renamed to Biggby years ago.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/8/846328.jpg)
Snapple's original name
![UNADULTERATED FOOD PRODUCTS Make time for Snapple CRACKED.COM The guys behind the idea to sell simple fruit juices to consumers picked a company name that sounds like a business in Blade Runner. Eventually they renamed to Snapple.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/5/846325.jpg)
USPS' number of employees
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People know Target
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McDonalds owns a lot in land
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Nintendo is good until at least 2075
![Nintendo has sold over 740 million consoles globally. They have SO much money and assets they can lose $257 million a year and still stay in business until 2075. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/6/846326.jpg)
Clash of Clans earned a lot of freaking money
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LEGO makes a lot of tires
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